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New Films African Studies July 2014 NEW FILMS AFRICAN STUDIES JULY 2014 3RD SEX / THE 3RD SEX / THIRD SEX 53 mins (Part 1 (26 mins), Part 2 (27 mins) DVD (2003) Director: Wessel van Huyssteen: South AFrica, 2002 Producer: Wessel van Huyssteen For Tin Rage Productions For SABC3 People whose external genetalia are radically ambivalent were once known as hermaphrodites and are now generally called intersexed. Though this condition is much more prevalent than is generally thought, the medical proFession has traditionally regarded it as an abnormality that has to be corrected, as a result oF which others decide to which sex such individuals will belong but gender assignment does not solve problem oF gender identity. Strong cultural taboos in most societies keep intersexuality a secret and the participants argue that prejudice will continue as long as intersexuality is considered a disease. This documentary raises the issues involved through the stories oF Sally Gross and Nombulelo Soldaat, with additional comments From the medical proFession. Basically it argues that the use oF corrective surgery should be leFt to as late as possible, so that the person concerned can make an inFormed decision, and should never be taken without their consent. Intersex Association oF South AFrica ([email protected]) also argues that a case can be made For the provision oF a third sex to prevent people being in a legal limbo, though its appearance on oFFicial documents could in itselF result in discrimination. Featured are: ProF. Riana Bornmann, ProF. Michele Ramsay, Juan Nel, Sally Gross & Nombulelo Soldaat. AFRICA SCREAMS 85 mins DVD (one disc with 2 Films: Jack and the Beanstalk (colour) and Africa Screams (black & white)) Director: Charles Barton: USA, 1949 Producer: Edward Nassour For Warner Brothers; distributed by Mediumrare Entertainment Writer: Nat Curtis ; From a story by Pat Costello. By the late Forties, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were superstars. And sprinkled among their usual pictures For Universal were wildly original independent Films that gave them more control and showed oFF the inFluence oF their vaudville roots. Africa Screams and Jack and the Beanstalk oFFer perFect examples oF these classics made outside the studio system. In Africa Screams (1949), Bud & Lou Find themselves on an expedition in the AFrican jungle in search oF hidden diamonds. And in one oF their Funniest Films. Over the course oF the picture, they encounter lions, a giant ape, uncut diamonds, a crocodile, crooks, cannibals and a great cast that includes Hillary Brooke and Joe Besser, who’d both end up in the Abbott & Costello TV show; lion-tamer Clyde Beatty; Famed explorer Frank Buck; boxers Max and Buddy Baer; and Shemp Howard, who took time oFF From The Three Stooges to play a very near-sighted big game hunter. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Shaye Cogan, James Alexander. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/AFrica- Screams-Jack-Beanstalk-Abbott/dp/B00000IC7V AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY RISING 143 mins DVD (2 disc set) Director: James Ault: USA, 2013 Producer: James Ault : distributed by Vision Video Christianity’s explosive growth in AFrica Contents Disc 1. Stories From Ghana -- Disc 2. Stories From Zimbabwe. What does Christianity’s explosive growth in AFrica mean For the church and For the world? For over a decade, award-winning documentary Film-maker, author and scholar, James Ault, explored these questions, with guidance From leading thinkers on the subject, Filming personal stories in Ghana and Zimbabwe in the range oF churches Found today in sub-Saharan AFrica. He shows churches with ordinary human problems and returns some years later to Find out what has happened to the people and churches portrayed. Participants: Kwame Bediako, Peter Kwesi Sarpong, Eben Nhiwatiwa, Trevor Manhanga. AFRICAN DREAM / AN AFRICAN DREAM 94 mins DVD (Film is oF poor quality) Director:John Smallcombe, South AFrica, 1987 Producer: John Smallcombe For Jonoma Writer: John Smallcombe and Nodi Murphy This Film is based on an idea From the novel, Margaret Harding, by Perceval Gibbon, published by David Philip. In 1906, in Cradock, Cape Colony, South AFrica, Katherine Armstrong arrives From England to marry an English Farmer. Her dislike oF British society and love oF the land lead her to make Friends with the local black school teacher, Mr. Khatana, who allows her to teach the younger children in his school, but their relationship causes trouble in the community and leads to the death oF the teacher. Cast: Kitty Aldridge, John Kani, Dominic Jephcott. See also Meg Rickard’s LAND OF THIRST (TV series, 2007) based on the same novel. AFRICAN FOOTSTEPS: NAMIBIA/SOUTH AFRICA 30 mins DVD Director: John AkomFrah: UK / South AFrica, 1995 Producer: BBC Pebble Mill. [Executive Producer: Philip Clarke; Executive Producer For BBC: Narendhra Morar; Series Producers: Roy Ackerman & Andrew Snell] This Film Forms part oF a series in which individual celebrities pay Fleeting visits to various AFrican countries. It starts oFF with comedian/novelist/television presenter David Baddiel encountering and reinterpreting the Namibian landscape under the mistaken impression that the desert surrounding Luderitz is the Etosha National Park. This is Followed by the great West Indian cricketer Viv Richards paying his First visit to post-apartheid South AFrica and speciFically the Western Cape. He is welcomed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, meets with Fellow cricketers Omar Henry, Eddie Barlow and Garth le Roux, as well as with rugby player/wine Farmer Hempies du Toit, and talks to a number oF delighted Fans. AFRICAN UNDERGROUND: DEMOCRACY IN DAKAR 69 mins DVD Director: Ben Herson, Magee McIlvaine and Christopher Moore: USA / Senegal, 2008 Producer: Ben Herson, Magee McIlvaine and Christopher Moore For Nomadic Wax and Sol Productions For Notable Productions Language: English, French and WoloF with English subtitles A ground-breaking documentary Film about hip-hop, youth and politics in Dakar Senegal. The Film Follows rappers, DJs, journalists, proFessors and people on the street at the time beFore, during, and after the controversial 2007 presidential election in Senegal and examines hip-hop’s role on the political process. Originally shot as a seven-part documentary mini-series released via the internet, the documentary bridges the gap between hip-hop activism, video journalism and documentary Film and explores the role oF youth and musical activism on the political process. Special Features: Democracy in Paris trailer (2 min.); Nomadic Max Featurette (4 min.). http://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/cpage.aspx?rec=1214&card=price AFRIKANER, AFRIKAAN 48 mins DVD Director: Rina Jooste: South AFrica, 2009 Producer: Rina Jooste and Ingrid Gavshon For Kika Productions Set in a radio station (RSG) and using music as a springboard For discussion, muso protagonists, Deon Maas (controversial media personality), Sean Else (oF De La Rey Fame) and Johrne van Huyssteen (From the band, Ddisselblom),capture the new buoyancy and divergence in AFrikaner identities Freed From the straitjacket oF AFrikaner nationalism. Two opposing perspectives square oFF against each other – those AFrikaners who want to move away From ethnic and national exclusivity, and those who are trying to Find new identities in a country oF diversities. This white minority culture is in disarray as the Foundations oF its authority and identity disappear - political dominance; inFluence oF the church; white supremacy by virtue oF skin colour. The enduring power oF music and song to express and assert identity, and protest, is evidenced in the recent De la Rey phenomenon (it sold over 200,000 copies), and the popularity oF FokoFpolisiekar, a punk AFrikaans band, who reFuse to be apologizers but are moulding a more progressive identity For AFrikaans youth. Featuring music oF FokoFpolisiekar, Ddisselblom, Bok van Blerk, Glaskas, Lianie May, Koos Kombuis, Catch 22, Johannes Kerkorrel and Laurika Rauch - Documentary Filmmakers’ Association AFRIQUE ROUGE / RED AFRICA 59 mins DVD Director: Michel Vuillermet et Ilios Yannakakis: France, 1997 Producer: La Sept Arte, Agat Films & Cie. The Soviet Union’s slow inFiltration oF the AFrican Continent is a little-known part oF the Cold War From the 1950s to 1989. From 1978 to 1984 they expanded their presence in AFrica on a large scale ( soldiers, equipment and advisors) and decided to invest heavily in the conFlict in Angola (at around 40 mins in) in the hope oF dominating the southern AFrican scene. But the Angolan war dragged on and by 1989 the Soviet Union was disintegrating both politically and economically. A new Soviet Foreign policy paved the way For Angola/ South AFrica/ Cuba talks presided over by the United States oF America. For the First time , the AFrican, Cuban and Soviet players testiFy to the USSR’s inFluence in certain AFrican conFlicts. Using never beFore seen archival material From Russia, Portugal and Cuba, this documentary relates the impact oF the Soviet Union’s Cold War policies and strategies in AFrica. http://www.agatfilms.com/Fiche-Film_en.php?id=187 AFTER THE RAIN 110 mins DVD (2006 release) Director: Ross Kettle: UK / South AFrica, 1999 Producer: Melanie Greene, Keri Selig and Paige Simpson For Third Orbit Productions and Capella Films/KC Medien; a Screen Media Films release, 2006. Writer: Ross Kettle Based on the play, Soweto’s Burning, by Ross Kettle and Filmed in Cape Town, South AFrica. In the midst oF Fiery riots and civil war in South AFrica, a young AFrikaans soldier (Paul Bettany) returns home. His girlFriend (Louise Lombard) has developed a platonic relationship with another man (Ariyon Bakare) who is black. Driven insane by jealousy, his paranoia spirals out oF control, putting everyone’s lives at risk. AIDS IS NOT ONLY FOR OTHERS 51 mins DVD Producers: Torben Rasmussen, Masimba Musarira & Carola Böhnk For Media For Development Trust with support From the Danish International Development Agency, Mango Productions & Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation In the 1990s, when this documentary was made, more than 500,000 people in Zimbabwe were inFected with HIV, some 20 to 30 percent oF young adults were HIV-positive and AIDS was the principal cause oF child mortality.
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